How We Domesticated Cats (Twice)
A 9,500-year-old burial in Cyprus represents some of the oldest known evidence of human/cat companionships anywhere in the world. But when did this close relationship between humans and cats start? And…
Craft in America: JEWELRY
JEWELRY features classic jeweler Tom Herman; Harriete Estel Berman who creates jewelry with recycled materials; the coeditors of Ornament Magazine; the legacy of modernist jeweler Art Smith; nature-inspired artist Gabrielle…
American Masters: James Beard
Today’s American food movement can be traced back to one man: cookbook author, journalist, television celebrity and teacher James Beard.
NOVA: What is Space Time?
To keep the universe static, Albert Einstein invented something called the cosmological constant. He later abandoned it. Decades afterward, astronomers discovered the universe’s expansion is accelerating—reviving Einstein’s controversial idea. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3AWNs9KnXU
Art21: Trey Abdella’s Miserable Dream
This documentary short follows Trey Abdella as he mines the everyday aesthetics of middle-class America—from “Live Laugh Love” and kitschy home decor to Saturday morning cartoons and amusement park animatronics—peeling…
Art21: José de Jesús Rodríguez
This documentary short follows the artist in a moment of creative transition as he adapts the techniques of mosaic to his multilayered compositions, embracing more openness, gesture, and ambiguity in…
ARK – Acts of Restorative Kindness
Amid collapsing biodiversity worldwide, Mary Reynolds of Ireland is building a movement to turn gardeners into guardians of the planet by returning our own patch of land to nature, and…
NOVA: Atomic Clocks
Modern life runs on some of the strangest ideas ever discovered.
Craft in America: INDUSTRY
INDUSTRY features Gee’s Bend quilters Lucy Mingo & Mary Ann Pettway, quilter Joe Cunningham, boat builder Graham McKay & Lowell’s Boat Shop, artist Bethanne Knudson & Libby O'Bryan & The…